Events & Collaborations

Healing-Centered Education Primer

April 2022

The Acosta Institute's Healing-Centered Education course invites participants into an exploration of how practitioners and scholars have deliberately integrated the notion of healing into K-12 curriculum and professional education. 

Healing-Centered Education Summit

Oct 2021

Featured on the Panel: Enabling conditions for thriving through Archaeology of the Self with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Maria Tan, Dru McDaniel and Jen Gowers. You can listen to Maria's pre-summit interview below in the HCE Summit Audio Garden.

Thriving Teacher Summit

2021 Theme: Centering Educators' Healing and Wellbeing

 Rooted in the restorative and healing-centered paradigm, the Thriving Teacher Summit supports educators in tending to their healing and restoration and fosters connection to a growing community of practitioners and scholars. Through a dynamic keynote address, an integrative closing panel, and concurrent workshops and restorative sessions, we create an experience that ignites and empowers educators on their journey towards thriving.

Thriving Teacher Project Masterclass Series

Oct 2020 - May 2021

The Thriving Teacher Project Masterclass Series is an 8-part web series curated to provide educators with the tools and space to process, heal, and thrive during challenging times. Each month features a masterclass by an expert in the fields of mindfulness, self-compassion, emotional intelligence, and trauma-responsive education (and more) to provide educators with tools to sustain their lives. A weekly follow-up support group will be facilitated by teachers for teachers to provide space for discussion, reflection, and community building.